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Microsoft calls on Trump to ‘push harder’ on cyber threats 2024-11-25
Computer Weekly

Microsoft president Brad Smith has called on United States president-elect Donald Trump not to break step with his predecessor’s work on cyber security, saying that threat actors working on behalf of China, Iran and Russia present an ever greater threat to American and global security. Speaking to...

photo: AP / Michel Euler

Musk hopes to make budget cutting cool 2024-11-25
West Hawaii Today

If Donald Trump doesn’t kill Elon Musk before Musk offs Vivek Ramaswamy, together the three best bros have a chance to achieve something every administration promises, but none has delivered: Rid the federal budget of waste, fraud and inefficiency. President-elect Trump tasked Musk, the X and...

photo: AP / Richard Drew

Arab League condemns Israeli occupation’s attempts to escalate aggression on the region as a whole 2024-11-25
Syrian Arab News Agency

Cairo, SANA- Arab League condemned the genocide crimes committed by Israeli occupation against Palestinian people, as well the repeated aggression on Syrian and Lebanese territories and attempts to escalate that in the region, including Iraq, warning against the outbreak of a regional war threatens...

photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos dispute over stock allegations 2024-11-25
The Arabian Post

Arabian Post - Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have become embroiled in a public spat over claims involving stock predictions tied to the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The conflict centers on Musk’s assertion that Bezos had advised people to sell stock in Tesla and...

photo: AP / Jae C. Hong

French mass rape trial enters sentencing stage 2024-11-25
The News International

Court sketch showing defendant Dominique Pelicot. — AFP/File AIVGNON: Having evidence in the mass rape scandal, French prosecutors will be putting forward their sentencing requests to judges on Monday against a man who is under trial for allegedly drugging his wife for years so he could invite...

photo: AP / Lewis Joly, File

Philippines' Marcos says threat of assassination 'troubling' 2024-11-25
Khaleejtimes

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said on Monday he will not take lightly "troubling" threats against him, just days after his estranged vice president said she had asked someone to assassinate the president if she herself was killed. In a...

photo: AP / Aaron Favila

Marjorie Taylor Greene reveals how Elon Musk's DOGE will crack down on sanctuary cities that ... 2024-11-25
The Daily Mail

Marjorie Taylor Greene laid out her plans for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which include taking on so-called Sanctuary States and Cities. The Georgia Congresswoman and fierce Trump ally will soon have a new powerful job assisting the Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy-led department....

photo: AP / Jae C. Hong

US military to arm the Philippines with more sea-surveillance drones 2024-11-25
Stars and Stripes

The United States is arming the Philippines with advanced, compact sea drones as part of an effort to bolster an ally threatened by China’s territorial claims and growing maritime power. The state-run Philippine News Agency published a photograph Wednesday of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin checking...

photo: AP / Aaron Favila

Pakistan partially stops mobile and internet services ahead of pro-Imran Khan protest 2024-11-25
Wtop

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Sunday suspended mobile and internet services “in areas with security concerns” as supporters of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan geared up for a protest in the capital. The government and Interior Ministry posted the announcement on social media platform X, which is...

photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary

Trump, NATO Secretary-General Rutte meet in Florida 2024-11-24
Taipei Times

AP and Reuters, BRUSSELS US president-elect Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-Genera Mark Rutte have met for talks on global security, a spokesperson for the transatlantic military alliance said on Saturday. “They discussed the range of global security issues facing the Alliance,” NATO...

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